7. MICROBIOLOGY
CLASS
Dr.Tarunikaa G PAGE 4
Causes of immunodefeciency
• Humoral immunity
• Cell mediated immunity
• Combined
Specific Non-specific
• Complements
• Phagocytosis
8. MICROBIOLOGY
CLASS
Dr.Tarunikaa G PAGE 5
PRIMARY
IMMUNO-
DEFICIENCY
X linked Agammaglobulinaemia
Transient hypoglobulinaemia of infancy
Common variable immunodeficiency
Selective immunoglobulin deficiency
Immunodeficiencies with hyper IgM
Transcobalamin II deficiency
9. MICROBIOLOGY CLASS Dr.Tarunikaa G PAGE 6
X linked Agammaglobulinaemia
Burton disease
BOYS (X linked)
Bcell maturation defect
BTK gene
Depletion of cells-Bursa
dependant areas
B
6 months
virus
10. MICROBIOLOGY
CLASS
Dr.Tarunikaa G PAGE 7
Late onset
hypogammaglobulinaemia
• 15-35years
• Pyogenicinfections
• Autoimmunedisorders
• IncreasedsuppresorT cells
• DecreasedhelperT cells
Transient
hypoglobulinaemia
of infancy
C o m m o n v a r i a b l e
i m m u n o d e f i c i e n c y
Selective
immunoglobulin
deficiency
• Delay in synthesis
• Spontaneous recovery 18
and 30 mo.
• Rec. Otitis media
• Respiratory infections
Isolated IgA- Most common
- Respiratory infection
Selective IgM- Septicemia
11. MICROBIOLOGY
CLASS
Dr.Tarunikaa G PAGE 8
I m m u n o d e f i c i e n c i e s
w i t h h y p e r I g M
T r a n s c o b a l a m i n
I I d e f i c i e n c y
X linked / Ar Ar
Vitamin B12 deficiency
12. MICROBIOLOGY
CLASS
Dr.Tarunikaa G PAGE 9
Thymic
hypoplasia
Chronic
mucocutaneous
candidiasis
Purine nucleoside
phosphorylase
deficiency
T cell defect
• Associated
endocrinopathies
• Delayed hypersensitivity
• Intracellular killing
• Transfer factor therapy
with amphotericin B
C – Cardiac
abnormalities
A - Abnormal face
T – T cell defect.
Thymus abnormality
C – Cleft palate
H – Hypocalcemia
22 – Chr 22
Purines
Hydroxanthine
Uric acid
13. MICROBIOLOGY
CLASS
Dr.Tarunikaa G PAGE 10
Combined immunodeficiency
Wiskott Aldrich
syndrome
• Defective CI
• Abnormal
immunoglobulin
• Bone marrow transplant
• transfer factor
• Thymus transplantation
AR
• Cerebellar ataxia
• Telengectasia
• Ovarian dysgenesis
• Chr abnormality
Ataxia telengectasia
Nezelof's disease
AR
ECZEMA
T
P
INFECTION
14. Reticular dysgenesis of De Vaal
MICROBIOLOGY
CLASS
Dr.Tarunikaa G PAGE 11
Precursors of immunocompetent cells
in fetal liver and bone marrow
Multipotent hematopoietic stem cell
SCID
Swiss type agammaglobulinemial
Lymphoid stem cell